Issue No.20 - SeaTeam Management

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A SeaTeam Newsletter | March 2016 Issue No. 20
An Icy
Purr-sonality
IN THIS ISSUE
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03
04
06
08
The Ice Class M/T Front Ocelot Sails Into Management
“The Good Move”
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11
12
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16
HOST Christmas Party
Precious Heritage Orphanage
Golden Finsbury Year End
Reflections
Joy to the World!
Equator Crossing at New Year
on Tiger
Golden Enterprise
Our Safe, Efficient and Happy
Ship!
SeaTeam Provides Helping
Hand during Chennai Flood
Year End Celebrations on
Front Clyde
Front Ocelot Delivered
Dont Let a Confined Space be
a Coffin
Daddy Please Come Home
Safely 2015 Drawing Contest
New Teammates
SeaTeam Management
HOST Christmas Party
Precious Heritage Orphanage
By Kuek Su Peng
Christmas party exudes holiday spirit.
Jollibee helps to win some smiles.
SeaTeam staff show the love.
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rd December 2015 SeaTeam
Management (Phils) Inc.
conducted regular visit to
orphanage supported by HOST,
Precious Heritage and give gifts to
the 42 orphans accommodated in
the center. The kids were served
chicken with spaghetti lunch
from Jollibee and was treated by
a mascot for some entertainment
together with senior seafarers
and office staff led by SeaTeam
Singapore
Managing
Director
Alasdair Smith and SeaTeam
Manila CEO Capt. Maniego. It was
an eye opener for the first time
seafarers meeting the kids they
are supporting thru HOST as well
as interact with office staff. On 4th
December 2015, Alasdair Smith
and 56 Seafarers together with
office staff and respective family
(total 140) attended the Christmas
party hosted by STMP in Jen Hotel
where all happily participated
in parlor games, dancing and
good food – Merry Christmas and
prosperous 2016 to all.
SeaTeam Management
Golden Finsbury
Year End Reflections
by Capt. Arturo Redentor P. Pacero
Golden Finsbury Officers and Crew on Christmas Eve
Capt. Arturo Pacero and the crew of the Golden
Finsbury demonstrate pride and comradery in
celebrating the year end onboard. As a close-out
to 2015, the crew mustered for a Christmas feast
onboard, sharing the warmth and hearts of fellow
seafarers away from their families during the holiday
season. The end of the year provided a perfect time
to join together to discuss accomplishments onboard
in 2015 and reinforce the crew’s sense of belonging
to the SeaTeam family. The end result was stronger
bonds and excitement for the future as the crew
managed to look ahead to the challenges in 2016.
Capt. Pacero and crew send their best wishes to
everyone in SeaTeam for a happy and prosperous
New Year.
Golden Finsbury Officers and Crew in Caofeidian, China
with System Exec, Venkat Ramakrishnann onboard on
December 2015
Golden Finsbury meeting her sister
ship Golden Kathrine in Indian Ocean
January 2016
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SeaTeam Management
Joy to The World!
by Senior Superintendent James Yeap
SeaTeam Management making a difference in the lives of the community in
Singapore!
C
hristmas is truly a time of giving and in that
spirit I was privileged and honoured to be
involved in a project by Tabernacle of Christ
Church in raising funds for Life Community Services
Society Singapore. Apart from providing quality
student care services, this faith based community
services society reaches out to under privileged
children and families through targeted intervention
and family services.
The Joy To The World Christmas Carnival was held
on 19 December 2015 in the premises of Tabernacle
of Christ Church in Yishun.
There was a huge turnout of people from all over
Singapore, the atmosphere was lively, festive and
filled with joy and laughter. My family and I were
looking after the “Fishing Pond” booth and it proved
to be a big hit with the little ones. Some of our
colleagues in our Singapore office attended for a
good cause and had a good time of fun with the
entire family. There were tons of carnival games,
rides, magic shows, dunking tank, bouncing castles
with slides, local culinary delights topped with free
popcorns and candy floss for everyone to enjoy.
The young man’s first fishing experience.
Manning the Fish Pond stall with my family.
LCSS CEO and Treasurer most grateful for SeaTeam’s
contributions!
Huge turnout for the Carnival.
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Local celebrities like the legendary actor Li Nanxing,
actress Constance Song, actors Eden Ang and
Charlie Goh of hit series “Tanglin” graced this
event readily signing autographs and taking photos
with the carnival goers. There was also a surprise
appearance from the stars of local blockbuster
movie “Ah Boys to Men” Noah Yap and Maxi Lim
to the delight of their screaming fans. Overall, the
Carnival was a perfect occasion for all to celebrate
Christmas and usher in the New Year!
At the end of the day, the Joy to the World Carnival
raised a whopping S$63,000.00 to support the
underprivileged children of Life Community Services
Society of Singapore!
Star struck! Photo taking with the stars of Ah Boys to Men.
I am truly proud to be part of a caring company
of people in SeaTeam Management that donated
S$2000.00 to the Christmas Charity Carnival
through the HOST funds. A big thank you to all
in SeaTeam for your generosity and kindness in
making a difference!
Surprise! Special appearance by the Ah Boys to Men stars.
Spellbound! Capt. Baskar’s family magical experience.
SeaTeam fun time with Augustine, Capt. Baskar and
family.
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Equator Crossing at New Year on Tiger
by Cadet Sachin Dhindwal, Front Tiger
King Neptune is the ruler of the seas and this ceremony is conducted to alleviate the King by showing him respect, to
protect us from the menace of the sea and to bring good luck
A
s the tiger sailed from Ust Luga, Russia,
steaming for Singapore, there was a mystery
whether we would go through Suez or all the
way from Cape of Good Hope. Reaching Gibraltar
we got the update from charterers to proceed via
the Cape of Good Hope. Soon we realized that we
will be crossing the equator. All the new sailors who
had not crossed the equator were excited to get
an experience that will be cherished for life. But
before that we had a New Year coming up. She
was fully decorated for the celebration of New
Year. Galley department prepared a sumptuous
feast for all of us. On 31st December 2015, party
with a number of games and joyful activities were
carried out as we welcomed 2016. The next day
1st of January 2016, preparations started for the
ceremony of equator crossing. King Neptune is the
ruler of the seas and this ceremony is conducted to
pay homage to the King by showing him respect, to
protect us from the menace of the sea and to bring
good luck. At 1700LT in Latitude 00° 00’ Longitude
010° 26.3’ W, Sailors “Shellbacks” dressed up
as King Neptune, his entourage, Her Highness
Amphitrite and including his first assistant Davy
At 1700LT in Latitude 00° 00’ Longitude 010° 26.3’ W, Sailors “Shellbacks” dressed up as King Neptune, his entourage, Her
Highness Amphitrite and including his first assistant Davy Jones commenced the “Order of Neptune”
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After a long ceremony it was time for the exquisite feast followed by presenting of “Equator Crossing Certificate” by senior
officers
Jones commenced the “Order of Neptune”. The
ceremony included funny costumes, drinking of
truth serum (ingredients are kept secret) to speak
absolute truth in the court of King Neptune and
tasks to test the capability of handling long rough
times at sea. We (Cadet Sachin, J/E Devprasad and
D/Tr Infant) the land lubbers completed the tasks in
the right spirit to rebirth as the Shellbacks, son’s of
Neptune. After a long ceremony it was time for the
exquisite feast followed by presenting of “Equator
Crossing Certificate” by senior officers, which will
be kept as the ritual’s legitimacy forever. These are
the occasions that keep up the spirits of the men,
bind them together as a “TEAM” at sea, and make
them forget the difficulties they have to go through
in their daily tasks, far from home.
On 31st December 2015, party with a number of games and
joyful activities were carried out
Fully decorated for the
celebration of New Year
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SeaTeam Management
Golden Enterprise
Our Safe, Efficient and Happy Ship!
by Captain Leonard Brian Maglasang and Chief Engineer Joselito Eugenio Mata
Mission and Vision Onboard
Right Tools for the Right Job
To work safely and efficiently by maintaining high
standard and high level of safety and performance
quality in all aspect of our operations as a team
onboard.
To make a good result with the operation,
maintenance and safe operation, right tools for the
right job was observed.
Safe Operation
No job is urgent or important that we cannot take
the time to do safely; we are all accountable for our
safety and for our colleagues in the workplace.
A newly supplied and now in service as additional
tools for maintenance called “Bristle Blaster
Pneumatic”, a hand-held non-electric power tools
with less vibration and noise ideal for spot-repair,
touch-up jobs and removal of corrosion.
By following company procedures with the whole
operation, carried out tool box meeting before the
task to be done to distribute properly the work
assignment and discussed the risk and possibility of
danger, encourage the team to speak-up, sharing of
ideas and experiences.
Report any defective found to assess and rectify
as soon as possible by time and weather permit,
encouraging individual of their right and obligation
to stop the job whenever they see possible imminent
danger ahead of time, report to the department head
to evaluate and assess of the dangers observed so
that possible hazard can be put in place.
Leadership and Motivation
The Master and the department head is a prime
responsible for implementing good leadership
onboard, encouraging the team in development
of proactive safety culture and creating a good
operational atmosphere for the best result in the
operation and maintenance.
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Planned and Maintenance
To do the job safe and simple, proper and advance planning with the maintenance was observed, considering
the safety of the team. Ensuring all jobs to be done are well planned so that everyone involved are aware
and suggest for the better result.
Professionalism is defined as the competence or skill expected of a professional. Skill, good judgement,
and polite behaviour of person trained to do a job well.
Professionalism is evident onboard the Golden Enterprise. Onboard leadership clearly understands
the value of attention to detail. Pride is exhibited in the best practices established onboard and a
commitment to achieve organizational goals. The result is in realization of the company mission and
vision in a way that exemplifies one of SeaTeam’s best.
The E-Class Kamsarmax vessels, are now five years old and in need of regular maintenance to
keep the ship up to company standard. Planned maintenance, reactive maintenance and adequate
stores and spares are essential. The company will provide the resources, but the monitoring and
completion is the responsibility of the men onboard. The company recognizes the efforts expended
and will provide support when needed.
“The Good Move”
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SeaTeam Provides Helping Hand during
Chennai Flooding
by Manjju Annithaa V and Malar Rajan
ABOUT SOUTH INDIAN FLOODING:
The 2015 South Indian floods resulted from heavy
rainfall of annual northeast monsoon in November–
December 2015. They affected the Coromandel
Coast region of the South Indian states of Tamil
Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, and the union territory
of Puducherry, with Tamil Nadu and the city of
Chennai particularly hard-hit. More than 400 people
were killed and over 18 lakh (1.8 million) people
were displaced. With estimates of damages and
losses ranging from �50000 crore (US$7 billion) to
�100000 crore (US$15 billion), the floods are the
costliest to have occurred in 2015, and are among
the costliest natural disasters of the year.
‘Team SeaTeam’ with Capt. Ram and turning point
NGO have contributed 100 boxes of food packets to
Kannagi Nagar and Palavakkam Canal area affected
people who were in deep need of help at the time
of flooding.
Freshly made parathas, curd rice, lemon rice,
sambar rice were all prepared with the help of few
friends & colleagues and distributed to Rotary Nagar
affected people.
‘Team SeaTeam’ arrived at flood affected areas in truck
loaded with food packets and other aids.
Aerial view of flood – hit areas in Chennai
Aerial view of submerged Chennai airport taken by Indian
Air Force helicopters
‘TEAM SEATEAM’S EFFORT:
‘Team SeaTeam’ sprung into action once city faced
worst flood hit. Humble short note on our deeds
during this tough time as below.
Capt. Ram and Mrs. Ram with aids/packages to be distributed
‘Team SeaTeam’ delivering food packets in flood affected areas
All these aids were collected by ‘Team SeaTeam’ for
about 3 days and our team distributed few hundred
ready to eat food packets and water bottles to flood
hit areas like Rudhrapuram located in Mylapore
vicinity.
During such tough times Nature unites us all
and Chennai beautifully morphed in to place
which witnessed supreme show of Religious
Unity and above all Humanity with lending
hands with zero bifurcation.
Yes Tamilnadu recorded worst flood in over
past 100 years so do Flood of Kindness as the
skies opened up.
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Year End Celebrations on Front Clyde
M/T Front Clyde under the command of Captain
C.A. Pragados Jr. celebrated Christmas and New
Year with pride. The master and crew for group
photographs and to share holiday spirit with one
another in lieu of home and family. Bright smiles and
cheeful dispositions won the day as the men faced
the reality of Christmas at sea. The distance did
not stop the men from enjoying the true meaning
of the day.
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SeaTeam Management
Front Ocelot Delivered
T
he Front Ocelot was delivered on the 7th of
January 2016 and became the first manned
by Russian Officers and Filipino Ratings. The
Front Ocelot is also the first Ice Class Cat in the
SeaTeam fleet. Under the command of Captain
Alexander Shleye, the vessel departed Zhoushan
Shipyard to Singapore for taking of initial bunkers
and is on route to Sikka India for it’s first loading.
The addition of Ice Classed Product Tankers
to SeaTeams’ Management required extensive
planning to manage the risks associated with the
change when an extensive Management of Change
(MOC) document was produced to effectively
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control the risks. Of significant concern was the
need for additional Ice Navigation Procedures in
the company SMS and the location of sea staff
with ice experience. This required the company to
expand it’s crewing pool to Prisco in Russia after
several short-listed agents were vetted by senior
management.
The Front Ocelot is another member of the Cat
family and is scheduled to be followed by the Front
Lynx, Front Leopard, and Front Jaguar, all to be
similarly manned and expected to be delivered into
Management in 2016.
SeaTeam Management
Don’t Let a Confined Space be a Coffin
C
by Deck Cadet Johnson Tamondong, Front Lion
onfined space entry
has been a hot topic
for the last few months
on Tanker fleet, there are
several accidents on some
ships
reported
involving
confined space entry. This
balooning number of incidents were brought up into
attention immediately on entire fleet. Since before
I joined Front Lion, during my familiarization and
basic training on tanker operation, confined space
entry was one of the most highlighted topic and it
is quite scary as I watched the safety video, looking
at the casualty, swimming on his own blood due to
falling from a six meter high ladder on the COT. I
have instantly imagined myself as the victim, and
question myself these... How if I am the victim?
What will happen to my future, and my future family
with three kids? (Admiral, doctor and president),
will the accident kill me?
Every job has its own procedures, from the easiest
and most common job such as painting and chipping
where there is a standard procedure to comply
with. We tend to be over confident and complacent
over a repetitive daily job, and here comes the near
misses that can attack anytime on us if we do not
follow procedure, and eventually it can lead to a
serious injury or even death. Such can be avoided if
procedure are not to be missed by any steps.
is a helpful method with regards to stress and
workload.
•Culture – we might have lots of differences on
culture, but we must disregard all these, because
on ship there should be only one culture – Safety
culture.
•Sleep/fatigue – is always there especially during
operation. Using the WRH software we can plan
ahead of the job that needed to be done, if ever
there is a breach on rest hours, divide the job to
the crew who is well rested.
•Operational atmosphere – a team’s operational
atmosphere will be affected by the above
mentioned factors, because each of them are
inter-related and needs to combined as One to
serve as a safety barrier againts accident/incident
on ship.
Just a piece of advice from vessel Front Lion the
king of the jungle (sea), we should never take any
chances for accident to happen. Look out for your
colleagues, give a helping hand, guide new and
less experienced crew. More near miss reporting &
follow procedures. Think and work safe in order for
us to go home as a passenger and not a cargo.
Will keep the Lion roaring on top!!!
Confined space entry requires a continous training
and knowledge to all seafarers and this include
familiarisation with the Company’s emergency
contingency plan and safety management system,
particularly on permits, checklist and formal
risk assessment, In reference to ISGOTT and in
compliance with our controlled copy SeaTeam Form
No. HSQE 007 and as well as applying the MCRM
factors.
•Procedure – if we follow procedure such as
preparing all the required equipment standby and
ready for immediate use, the less accident will
happen unless it is a force majeure.
• Communication – if there is a good communication
between the crew performing the job, ECR and
the OOW, we can established an emergency plan
just in case any accident occur.
•Stress/workload - person with heavy workload
get stress faster and the focus on job will be
affected. Good planning and delegation of the job
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Daddy Please Come Home Safely
2015 Drawing Contest
Avril Manette T. Tutong (6 years old)
Rigil Kent L. Engo (7 years old)
Winner Peoples Choice Award USD100
Dhaani Sharma (6 years old)
M. Varunesh (5 years old)
Niyati Dinesh Bhatt (10 years old)
Treishluck B. Lirio (7 years old)
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S Sheanne Jose Fernando (7 years old)
Mike Nosmas L. Castro (14 years old)
Sophia Gwyneth L. (6 years old)
S. Sharon Joel Fernando (10 Years)
Kenudi Rajapakse (2.5 years old)
Winner Company Choice Award USD 100
Management Favourite
P. Gokullakshmi (15 years old)
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New Teammates
SINGAPORE OFFICE
FLEET
ACCOUNTANT
FLEET
ACCOUNTANT
Lim Chye Heng
Lili Xu
ASSISTANT
ACCOUNTANT
Gim Chen Poh
INDIA OFFICE
ACCOUNTANTS
ASSISTANT
Christina Merlyn
FRONT DESK
CO-ORDINATOR
Gayatri Krithika Vadivelu
MANILA OFFICE
SYSTEMS
EXECUTIVE
Ruel O. Balaoing
ACCOUNTS
EXECUTIVE
Olive Gay C. Baui
Contact Us
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